Suburb profile

Breakwater VIC 3219

Breakwater is located in the Geelong region of Victoria, postcode 3219. It has 1,231 properties across 33 streets. Explore every street in Breakwater, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Breakwater

Breakwater, VIC 3219, sits in the Geelong region and neighbours Belmont, Charlemont, South Geelong and St Albans Park. Its 33 streets hold 1,231 properties, 746 of them houses and 485 units.

Census figures are for the Geelong area, which covers the whole suburb. Geelong had 13,504 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,542 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,703 a month and the median rent $340 a week. Of 5,827 dwellings, 3,899 were separate houses, 1,163 semi-detached, 726 flats and 23 other; 1,798 were owned outright, 1,551 owned with a mortgage and 2,340 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Breakwater

  • 13,504Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $1,542Median household incomea week
  • $340Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,899
  • Townhouses and semis1,163
  • Flats and apartments726
  • Other23

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,703a month
  • Household size2.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,798Owned with a mortgage 1,551Rented 2,340Other 138

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Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.